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Description Biographical data page from the British passport (Series D, released in 2025).
Author or
copyright owner		 HM Passport Office
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: 1 December 2025

Immediate source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-passport-checks/basic-passport-checks-accessible

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) British passport
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work.
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free media because (WP:NFCC#1)		 Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This article only, no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
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commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)		 The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
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This work is protected by the British Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. HMSO has explicitly stated in official correspondence that material under Crown Copyright may not be relicensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence.

Thus, this is a non-free licence for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

  • To illustrate the object in question
  • Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of British passport//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_passport_biographical_data.jpgtrue

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This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
  • To illustrate the subject in question
  • Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
  • On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

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To the uploader:
  1. Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
  2. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
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  4. This tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use.
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current13:49, 4 December 2025Thumbnail for version as of 13:49, 4 December 2025374 × 267 (38 KB)Mike Rohsopht (talk | contribs){{Non-free use rationale 2 |Description = Biographical data page from the British passport (Series D, released in 2025). |Source = '''Original publication''': 1 December 2025<br/> '''Immediate source:''' https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-passport-checks/basic-passport-checks-accessible |Author = HM Passport Office |Article = British passport |Purpose = For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of...

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